Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (DC)
Bengaluru, Aug 16: The cold war between former chief minister Siddaramaiah and chief minister H D Kumaraswamy continues and an incident that occurred on Wednesday August 15 is a proof to it.
On Wednesday, both Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy had attended Sangolli Rayanna's 221st birth anniversary celebration. Siddaramaiah, who arrived prior to Kumaraswamy, garlanded the statue of Sangolli Rayanna and addressed the gathering and hailed the contribution of revolutionary. At the same time, Kumaraswamy returned from Independence Day programme at Manik Shah Parade stadium and arrived to garland the statue of Sangolli Rayanna.
Since Siddaramaiah was giving speech, Kumaraswamy chose to remain inside his car for a while. Siddaramaiah, after his speech, waved at the gathering and left the venue. Seeing Kumaraswamy, the organisers of the programme, requested to stay back, but Siddaramaiah refused and left the venue.
After Siddaramaiah's exit, Kumaraswamy garlanded the statue of Sangolli Rayanna.
The awkward moment between two leaders was observed by the gathering and both being tight-lipped without greeting each other, despite being at the venue, has raised doubts whether all is well between them or not.